Scuba S1 app keeps losing connection mid cycle, anyone else

Started by robotvic · · 3 replies
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Been happening the last week or so, robot's running fine in the water but the app shows it as offline about halfway through the cycle, then it reconnects right at the end like nothing happened. Firmware hasn't changed on my end as far as I can tell. My network is dual band, 2.4 and 5, and I made sure the robot's on the 2.4 side since that's always the gotcha with this stuff.

Not a huge deal since it still finishes the job, just annoying when I want to check progress or stop it early. Dolphin E10 on the same network never does this but that one doesn't really have an app to speak of. Anyone running the S1 seeing dropouts like this, or is it just my router being flaky. Rebooted the router once already and it came back for a day then started again.

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#2
Can't speak to the S1 specifically, mine's the Seagull 1000 and it don't even bother with a real time app connection like that so i never deal with the dropout thing. But my buddy's got a different robo brand with the live tracking app and he gets that exact halfway dropoff, says it's basically always a wifi congestion thing not the robot itself, something about the signal getting flaky once it's deeper in the pool and farther from the router. Worth trying the router on a different channel before you blame the robot, buddy.
#3
Sam's onto something with the channel thing, I hadn't tried that yet. One thing that might be adding to it though is how many other devices are hanging on that 2.4 band, my pump controller and a couple cameras are all fighting for the same channel so depth isn't the only variable, it's congestion plus depth probably. Gonna try bumping the robot to its own channel this weekend and see if that holds up better than just rebooting the router again.
#4
Sam's congestion point matches what I'd guess too, but I'd add that the pool water itself plus the robot being lower in the water column kills signal way more than people expect, amigo, my Seagull barely talks to anything once it's working the bottom seams even with nothing else on the band. Separate channel's worth a shot but don't be surprised if it still goes quiet near the deep end and comes back when it surfaces.